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Part 2: Why are we planning to go back to “normal” anyway? WORK

George Lamptey
6 min readMay 9, 2020

Is it starting to “feel” normal again?

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It’s been an interesting week. I can only call it a week where people are starting to act normal again. What do I mean by this? Well, the general vibe on the street when I go out for my essential trips is one of a buzz. A few more shops that were closed are now open. More social distancing conversations are happening with people on their doorsteps with visiting family or friends. Is it completely back to normal? No, but there is something in the air; a kind of defiance and impatience. It does not help that the easing of the lockdown somehow had the words picnic and sun-bathing in the headlines. I think it’s still best to think we are at “war” with the invisible enemy to keep some sense of sensibility.

Gratitude

In my last post I did say I would write about various topics in relation to being a normalist, new-normalist and new-portunist in the current state of the crisis we live in.

So, today it’s about WORK. Now, firstly I have to show a certain sense of gratitude in this area. I’ve still got my job and work 100% at home…

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George Lamptey
George Lamptey

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